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Michigan State overcomes sloppy play to edge Loyola Chicago on Marcus Bingham Jr.'s dunk

It's Thanksgiving, so Michigan State was in the mood for plenty of handouts.

Fortunately for the Spartans, they made enough plays in the second half to overcome another rash of turnovers, getting a lob dunk from Marcus Bingham in the final seconds and a career game from Malik Hall to pull out a 63-61 victory over Loyola Chicago Wednesday in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

"It's Thanksgiving," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo joked, "and we're givers."

The Spartans (4-1) surely were, losing the ball 20 times, including 14 in the first half. However, they were nearly perfect down the stretch, allowing Hall to pour in a career-high 24 points on 9-for-9 shooting and for Bingham to take the feed from Tyson Walker with roughly three seconds left to win the game.